Cake Emoji 🎂

1 week ago by @pianoquest

Cake Emoji 🎂

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Liner Notes

The #skirmish prompt was "birthday songs." I'm afraid this is more like a #parody of a birthday song, and maybe a reflection on the experience of a last-minute rush to make up for forgetting someone's birthday. #nowwithdemo

Update 2/21: I wrote music and posted a demo. Time to celebrate! #acousticonetake

Lyrics

I heard it was your birthday
Facebook told me
Too late to buy a present
Please don’t scold me
I have to do better than
A wilted tea-rose
’Cause you are a giant
In my book of heroes

So I wrote you this song
That’s my superpower
I had to get it done
In just one hour
Never mind the rhymes
That don’t quite hit
I had a whole lot to say
And had to make it fit

Cake emoji
Cake emoji
Cake emoji
For you, yes, for you
It’s your birthday
Arrival-on-Earth Day
Cake emoji
For you

Remember all the times
That you saved the day
In your own unique
Irrepressible way?
I wasn’t there
And I don’t want to lie to you
You know the details
Better than I do

Remember all the times
When things were dire
And you pulled our frying pans
Out of the fire?
Ideally I’d insert
An anecdote here
But I’ve heard different versions
And the facts are unclear

Cake emoji
Cake emoji
Cake emoji
For you, yes, for you
It’s your birthday
Arrival-on-Earth Day
Cake emoji
For you

It’s hard to believe
You’re now 84
Or whatever the number
I’m not really sure
I’m not trying to flatter you
Not being flirty
But you don’t look a day over
Age-minus-thirty

Cake emoji
Cake emoji
Cake emoji
For you, yes, for you
It’s your birthday
Arrival-on-Earth Day
Cake emoji
For you

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